{"id":3219109,"url":"https://alion.io/job/zeiss-npi-project-buyer","title":"NPI Project Buyer","company":{"id":5290,"name":"Zeiss","domain":"zeiss.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/zeiss","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":80,"open_postings":176,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.813,"repost_share":0.011,"time_to_fill_p50_days":39,"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Dublin, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":77000,"max":96000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":96000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-23","last_verified_at":"2026-11-01T22:45:44Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":10,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":10},"description":"About Us:\nHow many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 179 years?!\nHere at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!\nWhat’s the role?\nThe NPI / Project Buyer is responsible for leading procurement activities for New Product Introduction (NPI), product development, and other cross-functional projects from early development through production release.\nThis role serves as the primary procurement interface within the project team and is responsible for ensuring supplier, material, cost, and sourcing readiness in alignment with project milestones. The NPI / Project Buyer works closely with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Planning, Operations, Finance, and suppliers to proactively identify and resolve procurement risks that could impact product launch, cost, quality, or schedule.\nSound Interesting?\nHere’s what you’ll do:\nNPI & Project Procurement\nLead procurement activities for assigned NPI and product-development projects from concept/prototype through production readiness.\nRepresent Procurement within cross-functional project teams and ensure purchasing deliverables are integrated into the overall project plan.\nDrive sourcing and material readiness against NPI milestones and production launch requirements.\nMaintain visibility of procurement status, open issues, risks, and critical-path items.\nSupplier & Sourcing Management\nManage RFQ activities, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and sourcing recommendations.\nPartner with Strategic Sourcing and Engineering to select suppliers based on cost, quality, capability, lead time, capacity, and supply risk.\nCoordinate supplier readiness for prototypes, pilot builds, qualification, and production ramp.\nIdentify long-lead, single-source, capacity, and supplier-related risks and develop appropriate mitigation plans.\nBOM & Material Readiness\nReview project BOMs and drive sourcing status for purchased components.\nIdentify and escalate material shortages, long lead-time items, and sourcing gaps that could impact project schedules.\nCoordinate purchasing activities associated with engineering changes, including ECO/PCO implementation.\nSupport accurate material master, purchasing, and sourcing information within SAP/ERP systems.\nCost Management\nObtain and evaluate supplier quotations and negotiate commercial terms.\nTrack purchased-material cost against project targets.\nPartner with Engineering and suppliers to identify design-to-cost, value-engineering, and cost-reduction opportunities.\nProvide procurement input for forecasting, business cases, and project cost reviews.\nProduction Transition\nEnsure procurement and supplier readiness before transition from NPI into sustaining production.\nCoordinate handoff of suppliers, pricing, lead times, purchasing information, and open risks to operational procurement/planning teams.\nSupport stabilization activities during initial production ramp.\nSound Interesting?\nHere’s what you’ll do:\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or related field.\nAPICS/ASCM, CPSM, or project-management certification is a plus.\nExperience\nTypically 5+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, NPI purchasing, project buying, or supply chain.\nExperience supporting new product introduction and product-development projects in a manufacturing environment.\nExperience working with engineering BOMs, drawings/specifications, ECOs/engineering changes, and prototype-to-production transitions.\nExperience managing suppliers through development, qualification, ramp-up, and production readiness.\nExperience with ERP/MRP systems, preferably SAP.\nCore Skills / Competencies\nNPI Procurement: Own procurement activities from early development through production release.\nProject Management: Manage purchasing milestones, risks, deliverables, and dependencies against the overall NPI schedule.\nSupplier Readiness: Drive RFQs, supplier selection, lead-time alignment, capacity/readiness, and material availability.\nCost Management: Develop should-cost/quote comparisons, negotiate pricing, identify cost-reduction opportunities, and track NPI material cost.\nBOM Management: Review BOMs for sourcing status, lead times, shortages, cost, and supply risk.\nChange Management: Coordinate purchasing implications of ECO/PCO/design changes and ensure suppliers transition correctly.\nRisk Management: Identify long-lead, single-source, capacity, quality, obsolescence, and supply-continuity risks early in the project.\nCross-functional Leadership: Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Planning, Quality, Operations, Finance, and suppliers.\nProduction Transition: Ensure purchasing and supplier readiness before handoff from NPI/project phase into sustaining production.\nGlobal Collaboration: Comfortable working across suppliers and manufacturing teams in multiple regions/time zones.\nStrong ownership and accountability\nAbility to operate with incomplete information during early NPI phases\nExcellent follow-through and attention to detail\nAbility to challenge suppliers and internal stakeholders professionally\nStrong communication and escalation skills\nAbility to manage several projects/priorities simultaneously\nA proactive rather than transactional purchasing mindset\nStrong understanding of interdependencies between Engineering, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance\nSystems / Technical Requirements\nSAP / ERP / MRP\nBOM and material-master structures\nPurchase orders and purchase requisitions\nRFQ and sourcing processes \nSupplier lead-time management\nInventory and demand planning fundamentals\nExcel/data analysis\nExperience with SAP MDG, KMAT/configurable products, or complex capital-equipment manufacturing would be especially valuable for XRM.\nThe annual pay range for this position is $77,000 - $96,000\nThe pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.\nThis position is also eligible for a performance bonus or sales commissions. ZEISS also offers robust benefits, including medical plans, retirement savings plan and paid time off.\nWe have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!\nMedical\nVision\nDental\n401k Matching\nEmployee Assistance Programs\nVacation and sick pay \nThe list goes on! \nThe above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties, or responsibilities. The Company reserves the right to interpret, amend, or otherwise modify, in whole or in part, any job description at any time, at its sole discretion.\nYour ZEISS Recruiting Team:\nJo Anne MittelmanZeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).","description_format":"text","description_chars":7996,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Surgical Instruments & Devices","Eyewear","Medical Imaging Systems","Semiconductor Equipment"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-25T01:51:48Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:7","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-01T06:10:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":96000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/zeiss-npi-project-buyer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/zeiss-npi-project-buyer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T02:23:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3582,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":5290},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=5290"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fzeiss-npi-project-buyer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fzeiss-npi-project-buyer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fzeiss-npi-project-buyer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/zeiss-npi-project-buyer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fzeiss-npi-project-buyer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3219109}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"zeiss.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3219109},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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